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William L. McKinney
17 April 1863 - 11 July 1877
s/o W. B. & M. A. McKinney


On February 21, 1872, William L. McKinney, still a minor and now an orphan, sold a little over 35 acres to the Houston and Texas Central Railway for a $20 gold coin, per acre. This land became the town of Van Alstyne, which was established the next year in May of 1873. At the age of 14, for unknown reasons, William L. McKinney passed away on July 11, 1877 and was lad to rest in the Van Alstyne Cemetery next to his mother.  He is the grandson of James & Polley McKinney.





Van Alstyne Cemetery
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